Greg Baldini

As semantic models grow in size and complexity, performance, memory usage, and refresh times quickly become the biggest challenges in Microsoft Fabric. In this advanced, hands-on workshop, we go beyond best practices and dive deep into how the VertiPaq engine behaves under real-world pressure.

Fabric introduces powerful storage options - but also real confusion. With Import, Direct Lake, DirectQuery, Composite, and Hybrid tables all on the table, it's rarely obvious which mode to choose for performance, freshness, governance, or cost.

Use Databricks Metric Views and Fabric Power BI semantic models interchangeably with the Semantic Bridge. This new feature from Tabular Editor allows you to seamlessly import the full structure of a Metric View into a Tabular semantic model.

This is a fast paced talk covering tools and techniques for advanced modeling and DAX development, focusing on new development, optimization, and debugging techniques. The focus is on DAX Studio and Tabular Editor.

A fast-paced survey of common reporting patterns and model-based approaches to optimize them, with examples of real problems and attempted (and improved) solutions, this presentation will examine dimensional modeling techniques which simplify and speed up report queries and development.